Baldacci Household Vineyards has embraced the world of Tubes with this Discovery Assortment ($60) of three of its wines. The $60 set contains 100ml samples of three wines Los Carneros Chardonnay, Los Carneros Pinot Noir, and Fraternity Purple Mix, all from the 2021 classic. As they’re additionally out there individually, pricing under is for full 750ml bottles of every wine.
2021 Baldacci Chardonnay Carneros – Groovy and woody, this chardonnay presents a moderated fruit core — spiced pears with citrus — earlier than the extra aggressive vanilla and toasty oak character builds to a crescendo. Lemon cream dominates because the end arrives, alongside some coconut components, making for a relaxed however immersive expertise that, for my cash, works higher as a meals pairing than solo. B+ / $50
2021 Baldacci Elizabeth Pinot Noir Carneros – Fairly a daring expression of pinot, with a slick punch of anise and graphite informing notes of tea leaf and toasty cola. Fruit is secondary on the gravelly physique, winding its means slowly towards a black cherry high quality, barely oxidized, till it blooms to disclose a curiously candy, Port-like end. A bit excessive, throughout. B / $65
2021 Baldacci Fraternity Purple Wine Mix – 73% cabernet sauvignon, 17% petit verdot, 9% syrah, 0.25% merlot, and 0.75% cabernet franc. Aggressive, bold, and fairly candy, with overripe fruit pouring on notes of each pink and black fruit, with blackcurrants and plum turning into aggressive because the wine builds on the palate. Juicy and unctuous, vanilla syrup seeps out of the seams, fitfully tempering the wine’s tannins. Not but in steadiness, I’d prefer to see this once more after a number of years of cellar time. B / $75
2021 Baldacci Fraternity Purple Wine Mix
$75
